Saga Yoshitaka

サガヨシタカ | Saga Yoshitaka

Affiliation and department：
Job title：教授
Homepage URL (1)： https://www.chem.kindai.ac.jp/laboratory/saga/

Research field (4)： Functional solid-state chemistry , Functional biochemistry , Molecular biochemistry , Biophysics

Research keywords (5)：生物有機化学 , Artificial photosynthesis , Carotenoid , Photosynthesis , Chlorophyll

Research theme for competitive and other funds (13)：

2021 - 2025 色素置換による光合成エネルギー移動制御:色素集団と単量体の共存の重要性を理解する
2018 - 2022 Photodecomposition of lignins by solar energy using chlorophylls in plant biomasses
2018 - 2020 紅色光合成細菌の光収穫タンパク質への異種色素の再構成によるアンテナ機能の制御
2017 - 2020 Substitution of the energy-accepting membranous protein with amphiphilic synthetic pigments in photosynthetic supramolecular complexes
2018 - 2019 Study on the energy transfer and dissipation in chemically modified photosynthetic supramolecular complexes

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Papers (100)：

Yoshitaka Saga, Yuhi Sasamoto, Kazuki Inada, Zheng-Yu Wang-Otomo, Yukihiro Kimura. Spectral modulation of B850 bacteriochlorophyll a in light-harvesting complex 2 from purple photosynthetic bacterium Thermochromatium tepidum by detergents and calcium ions. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 2024. 1865. 149503
Yoshitaka Saga, Kohei Hamanishi, Shota Kawato. Removal of B800 Bacteriochlorophyll a from Light-Harvesting Complex 3 of the Purple Photosynthetic Bacterium Rhodoblastus acidophilus. Plant And Cell Physiology. 2024
Shota Kawato, Shinichi Sato, Hirotaka Kitoh-Nishioka, Yoshitaka Saga. Spectral changes of light-harvesting complex 2 lacking B800 bacteriochlorophyll a under neutral pH conditions. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences. 2024. 23. 871-879
Masayuki Morimoto, Haruna Hirao, Masaharu Kondo, Takehisa Dewa, Yukihiro Kimura, Zheng-Yu Wang-Otomo, Hitoshi Asakawa, Yoshitaka Saga. Atomic force microscopic analysis of the light-harvesting complex 2 from purple photosynthetic bacterium Thermochromatium tepidum. Photosynthesis Research. 2023. 157. 13-20
Yoshitaka Saga, Kohei Hamanishi, Tetsuya Yamamoto, Kazuki Hinago, Yutaka Nagasawa. Conversion of B800 Bacteriochlorophyll a to 3-Acetyl Chlorophyll a in the Light-Harvesting Complex 3 by In Situ Oxidation. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 2023. 127. 12. 2683-2689

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MISC (8)：

Shibata Yutaka, Saga Yoshitaka, Tateishi Shingo, Nakabayasi Shosuke, Tamiaki Hitoshi, Itoh Shigeru. 23pYD-2 Orientation distribution of transition dipoles in photosynthetic antenna apparatus chlorosome made of huge pigment aggregates, studied by fluorescence anisotropy of single molecules at cryogenic temperature. Meeting abstracts of the Physical Society of Japan. 2008. 63. 1. 357-357
Y. Saga, H. Kida, Y. Nishikawa, H. Tamiaki. Chlorosomal self-aggregation of zinc chlorophyll derivatives in the presence of cationic surfactant cetyltrimethylammonium bromide and organosilanes in aqueous phase. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH. 2007. 91. 2-3. 158-158
J Harada, Y Saga, S Osumi, H Oh-Oka, H Tamiaki. In vitro activity of C-20 methyltransferase, BchU, in biosynthetic pathway of bacteriochlorophyll c. PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY. 2005. 46. S41-S41
Shibata Yutaka, Saga Yoshitaka, Tamiaki Hitoshi, Itoh Shigeru. 15pTA-5 Single molecule detection of chlorosome, a photosynthetic antenna pigment supra-molecule complex, at cryogenic temperature. Meeting abstracts of the Physical Society of Japan. 2004. 59. 2. 313-313
Y Saga, Y Shibata, S Itoh, H Tamiaki. Fluorescence emission spectroscopy of single chlorosomes possessing bacteriochlorophyll-c at cryogenic temperature. BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL. 2004. 86. 1. 147A-147A

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Patents (1)：

メチル基転移酵素、そのDNA、及び特定部位にメチル基が導入されたポルフィリン型化合物の製造方法

Education (3)：

1996 - 1999 The University of Tokyo The Graduate School of Engineering Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology
1994 - 1996 The University of Tokyo The Graduate School of Engineering Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology
1990 - 1994 The University of Tokyo The Faculty of Engineering

Professional career (1)：

博士(工学) (東京大学)

Work history (8)：

2017/04 - 現在 Kindai University Department of Chemistry Professor
2018/06 - 2018/12 アムステルダム自由大学客員研究員(兼任)
2014/10 - 2018/03 科学技術振興機構さきがけ研究者(兼任)
2010/04 - 2017/03 Kindai University Faculty of Science and Engineering, Department of Science
2005/04 - 2010/03 Kindai University Faculty of Science and Engineering, Department of Science

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Awards (1)：

2004/03 - 日本化学会第18回若い世代の特別講演会講演者

Association Membership(s) (7)：

THE JAPANESE PEPTIDE SOCIETY , 国際ポルフィリン・フタロシアニン学会 , THE JAPANESE SOCIETY OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH , THE BIOPHYSICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN , THE JAPANESE PHOTOCEHMISTRY ASSOCIATION , THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN , アメリカ生物物理学会

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